At its heart, Pearls Before Swine is the comic strip tale of two friends: an arrogant Rat who thinks he knows it all and a slow-witted Pig who doesn't know any better. Together, this pair offers caustic commentary on humanity's quest for the unattainable. Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams says that Pearls is "one of the few comics that make me laugh out loud." The strip has twice won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben division award for Best Newspaper Comic Strip – in 2003 and in 2006.
© Stephan Pastis - All Rights Reserved.
Peanuts by Charles Schulz
Pibgorn by Brooke McEldowney
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legaleagle48 said, 2 months ago
Really, Mr. Pastis, that’s the best you could do? eye roll
margueritem
said, 2 months ago
Pig, it’s not terminal, but it could be long and miserable.
tundrasea
said, 2 months ago
@legaleagle48
You have to admit it’s funnier than it would have been if Pig had caught it at a bus depot.
Alexikakos said, 2 months ago
Well, Pig, look on the bright side.
You could have been sick all through your final year in school and had a bad term, in all.
(I have never claimed I could match Stephan.)
Sisyphos said, 2 months ago
Just this once, I fully understand Pig. I’ve been in crowded bus terminals full of smelly sneezers….
Radish
said, 2 months ago
What is that shape changing bush in the background?
saywhatwhat said, 2 months ago
@Radish
It’s just the wind.
Rickapolis said, 2 months ago
Everyone at the bus terminal is smelly. Just the way it is.
dukedoug said, 2 months ago
@
… and, yes ? What is it ?
gilbert09 said, 2 months ago
It’s yew.
Ms. Ima said, 2 months ago
If he had gotten sneezed on at a social party it would have been a social disease.
PUNishment said, 2 months ago
Maybe it’s the swine flu.
Adam Nedens(Snoopster) said, 2 months ago
@legaleagle48
Pig was in a terminal. He got sneezed by a guy in a terminal. He’s saying he has terminal disease because a guy sneezed on him. Happy?
lucidpage said, 2 months ago
Peanuts is/was slightly lame on some day’s, too. It’s still a great comic, and so is Pearls… it reminds me that I go to work everyday, and not everyday is filled with greatness. Some days it’s just about gutting it out. Keep up the excellent work, Mr. Pastis!
Trickle Down said, 2 months ago
What you can pick up at an airport terminal can be even worse than at a bus terminal. Nothing like sitting in close quarters with a bleary eyed coughing international crowd. I know from experience. Picked up something from a sneezing German at LAX on my way to a 3 week vacation in S. America. Spent the whole 3 weeks in bed with alternating chills and fever.